An educated, 19-year-old Indian girl has shocked people after she
sliced off her tongue with a blade and offered it to Goddess Kali to
appease the deity into granting her heart’s desire.
As the news spread in the locality, the authorities swung into action
and a team of doctors and policemen arrived at the spot around noon.The
doctors did a check-up on Aarti and sent her home after giving her
first aid.

Aarti Dubey, an undergraduate student at TRS College in Madhya
Pradesh, made the extreme sacrifice a day after she dreamed about the
deity demanding her tongue in exchange for granting all her wishes.
Her brother Sachin told Mail Online:
“Aarti had confided in me about the dream
and told me that she was going to offer her tongue to the deity. But it
never occurred to me that she was serious about it. I thought she was
just kidding.
“I have heard about incidents of illiterate and
superstitious people offering their body parts to appease the gods. I
never thought that my own college-going sister could be so
superstitious.”
The shocking act took place at a Kali temple in the town of Reeva, in
the state of Madhya Pradesh. After cutting off her tongue, Aarti fell
unconscious immediately.

Arti fainted immediately after she cut her tongue
The priest and fellow devotees present on the
temple premises covered her with a scarf and kept praying for her
well-being instead of taking her to a doctor.

When the girl regained consciousness after five hours, people hailed it as the blessing of the goddess.
“I was right there when the girl cut off
her tongue and offered it to the deity. The goddess is the almighty and
she always protects her devotees,” said priest Devi Prasad Sharma.
Much to the surprise of the onlookers and devotees, Aarti got up and
finished the rest of the rituals, including doing the rounds of the
temple premises, with a faint smile on her face.
As the news spread in the locality, the authorities swung into action
and a team of doctors and policemen arrived at the spot around noon.The
doctors did a check-up on Aarti and sent her home after giving her first
aid.
Shyam Mishra, a local journalist, said:
“There have been incidents of people
offering their organs to the gods, expecting to get their wishes granted
by the supreme power. What is startling in this case is the girl in
question is educated. Illiterate people are bound to be superstitious,
but when educated people become superstitious it does not bode well for
the society as a whole.”
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